Old friends from Punahou provide sanctuary for Obama

ASSOCIATED PRESS / AUG. 14, 2008

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President Barack Obama's close-knit group of friends, dating back to high school, have kept in touch since 2004. The group has been a source of comfort to Obama, who has been described as a loner. Pictured is Obama, second from right, walking with Bobby Titcomb, second from left, and Greg Orme, far right, after throwing a lei into the Pacific Ocean at the point where he scattered his mother's ashes in Honolulu.